Word: wonderful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...season, when we tanked a game we should have easily won. Our sportswriter turned out to be not so friendly; he thrashed us soundly in his story the next day. Feeling betrayed, we cursed our fair-weather friend. As George Allen said to the Washington sports press, "sometimes I wonder if you guys are really for us." To hell with objectivity. My eyes were opened that...
Attitudes like these surface consistently, even in 1977. They are apparent everywhere: in classes, departments, and issues of the Harvard Lampoon. The crux of the problem, though, is that women are expected to ignore the sexist attitudes which face them at every turn. It is no wonder that women experience alienation at Harvard. Their thoughts, feelings and ideas are rarely if ever dealt with...
Realize that most of the ecstasy on hearing these lines comes from watching them being created--necessarily, something is lost in the transcription. The Titanic, before we discovered it was sinkable, likewise provoked wonder and amazement...
...been interpreted by many institutions as limiting holdings of any one stock to 5% of their portfolios. IBM's move allows institutions overloaded with its stock to sell shares back to the company without depressing the market. Given the fondness of money managers for IBM, some analysts wonder whether the $280 offer will actually persuade many institutions to sell. Still, the offer strikes a balance. It allows the faithful to stay committed to IBM. And it permits skeptics who wonder whether the company's premier growth days are over to trim holdings quietly without sending tremors through Wall...
...Beethoven, Bruckner, Mahler and the other immortals? If his name is Klaus Tennstedt, the answer is a fortissimo yes. Unknown to the majority of American music lovers, the former East German maestro has become one of the most sought-after guest conductors in the U.S. Watching, the onlooker may wonder why: on the podium the man often resembles a stoned stork. Hearing his music is another matter: Tennstedt elicits a sound with the startling ring of rightness. Indeed, his musical logic may be the most profound since the late Otto Klemperer's. Yet as opposed to the monolithic stasis...